Combined sending and return envelope



NVV. GEGGIE.

COMBINED SENDING AND RETURN ENVELOPE.

APPLICATION FILED 0m31.191s.

:il A@ 59QL .Patented Aug, 89 )1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET A. W. GEGGIE.

COMBINED SENDING AND RETURN ENVELOPE.

APPLICATION HLED DEC. 31, 1919.

EL AQQQ, Patented Aug. 8, 119221,

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PATIENT @FFHCEO ARTHUR W. GEGGEE, 0F MINNEAPOLS, MNNESOTA.

CMBNED SENDING AND RETURN ENVELOPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

)Patented Aue. S, i922..

.appneuon niet neeember ai, 191e. serial no. statte.

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My invention relates to envelopes, and has for its object to provide a combined sending and return envelope adapted to minimize the time and expense of making the reply; and, to this end, it consists of the novel vfeatures hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

My said invention, in its preferred form, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like notations refer to like parts throughout the several views.

ln said drawings,

F ig. l is a plan view of the blank of paper or other flexible material out of which the envelope is made by the proper folding of the parts of said blank ig. 2 is a perspective view showing the envelope partly formed by the required folding of the blank shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the same parts as in lt-lig. 2, but with the folding carried one step farther;

Fig. t is an elevation showing the envelope in its completed form;

l? 5 is a perspective view showing the envelope as used for the sending or outgoing letter, wit i. the flap of the reply pocket tucked therein.;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the envelope as it would appear, after the liap of the reply pocket had been withdrawn therefrom;

Fig. 'l' is a perspective view of the envelope as it would appear, after the reply letter had been placed in the reply pocket and 'the ldap had been partially turned up toward sealing position;

vFig. 8 is a perspective view of the reply envelope, as it would appear when ready to mail;

llig. 9 is a cross sectional perspective view of the envelope in its sending form, as shown in Fig. 5, but looking at the opposite side of the same;

Fig 10 is a cross sectional perspective view o f the return envelope, shown in llig. 8, look1ng at the opposite side of the same, with the parts as they would appear, on the assumption that the receiver of ythe outgolng letter had opened the envelope by outting or tearing through the sealing ilap thereoflengthwise of the mouth of the sending pocket; and

Fig. l1 is a similar view showing the ref turn envelope with the parts as they would appear, in the assumption that the receiver of the outgoing letter had opened the envelope by lifting the sealing flap, and, after the removal of the said letter, had tucked that lap into the sending pocket.

The blank of paper or other tlexible material, shown in llig. l, may be treated as composed of the sections marked, respectively, a, al, a2, and b1 and c, the body sections al and a2 are adapted to fold toward each other on the dotted line shown between the two sections, so as to thereb form the side walls of the sending pocket as shown best in lgs. 2 and 3. The sections and b1 are then 'adapted to fold upward and inward toward the folded sections al and a2 on the dotted line between the sections e2 and Z), and thereby form the side walls of the return pocket l, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Then the marginal sections c, projecting from the ends of the section al are adapted to be turned inward over the ends of said previously folded body sections and the gum-sealed fast to the outer face of the return pocket R, thereby closing the ends of the two pockets. This will leave the sending pocket S with the sealing flap a,

. shown as of the customary triangular form,

projecting from the face wall or the sending pocket, like that of an ordinary envelope, and it will leave the flap 1 projecting downward from the back wall of the envelope, and this bottom flap is shown of rectangularform, equal substantially in width and length to the back of the envelope. The top sealing flap a, is, of course, Unnamed on its inner surface, as shown in rigs. 2, 3 and 4l, and the bottom iiap b1 is gummed on the margins of what becomes its inner surface, when in closing position, but what is its outer surface, as shown in Fig. 6.

With this construction, it is obvious that, when the blank, shown in Fig. l, has been folded, as above described, it adords two parallel pockets S and R, with their mouths and their closing flaps reversed in position as compared vwith each other. therwise stated, the mouth of the sending pocket S- Hence, itv follows that the original orl outgoing letter may be placed in the sending ocket -S and the top flap erI be turned ownward and gum-sealed fast to the back of the envelope to close said pocket S, just as in an ordinary envelope, and adapted to receive the address, sending stamp and return card on its face, in the ordinary way; The projecting bottom flap b1 is adapted to receive the return address and a return stamp on what is then its under or back surface, as compared with the face of the sending envelope, but with the writing reversed endwise, as best shown in Fig. 6, and may also havey a return stamp applied to that same surface, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6. Then lthe said flap b1 of the return pocket may be tucked into the .return pocket R, so as to be either partially or wholly concealed thereby, but, preferably, it is not folded on its center line but on a line that is inward of its center, so as to leave the outer section of greater width than the inner section, and cause the margin thereof to protrude slightly below the bottom of the envelope, as shown in Fig. 5. Then, on this protruding part of the lower Iflap, may be placed suitable instructions for the usage of this return pocket, such as the expression Pull out this flap and use this pocket for reply.

After the reply letter has been placed in the return pocket R, the` lower flap b1 is turned up over what was the face of the send-- ing envelope, as is shown partially done in Fig. 7, and is then gum-sealed fast thereto, as shown in Fig. 8; and, when this is done,

` the sending address, the stamp on the outgoing envelope and all the other inscriptions or impressions placed thereonby the sender, or in course of transmission, will be concealed and the return envelope will be, as shown in Fig. 8, ready for re-rnailing, assuming that the receiver of the original letter opened the same by tearing the top flap lengthwise of the mouthof the sending pocket S, as shown in Fig. 10. If, however, the receiver of the original letter opened the same by lifting the topflap, then he would tuck in that idle flap a into the idle sending pocket S, before mailing the return letter, as shown in Fig. 11 of the drawings.

It must be obvious that, with a combined sending and return envelopeof'this structure, the time required from the receiver of the original letter to enclose and seal his reply is reduced to a minimum, and if the return stamp has been vapplied by the sender, to the sealing flap of the return pocket, the expense of the reply is also reduced to a minimum. Hence, it is reasonable to expect that replies are much more likely to be lgiven by the receiver of the ori inal letter and to be given promptly.

t must also be obvious that, in the manufacture of this combined sending and return envelope, less material is required than for two envelopes, and that the two pockets, with their respective sealing fiaps, may be made from a single blank, with a minimum of waste. This combined sending and return envelope is, therefore, relativelycheap to make, as well as to use, as compared with two envelopes.

This form of combined sending and return envelope is also particularly well a-dapted for transmitting depositors pass books from depositors to saving banks and from the banks back to said depositors, while keeping the same sealed in both directions of travel, in the hands of a messenger. When intended for such usage, the lower or return flap may be reduced in size to take the ordinary triangular shape like the top flap and have the return instructions printed thereon.

What lf claim is 1. A. combined sending and return envelope having two parallel reversed pockets, each with` a sealing flap, with the respective sealing flaps projecting in opposite directions from opposite lips of the two respective pockets, whereby the back pocket and the face flap may be used for the outgoing letter, with return address and stamp concealed on the return flap intucked into the idle return pocket, and the face pocket and' the back flap may be used for the reply letter with the said back Hap concealing the sending address and all stampings and inscriptions on the face of the outgoing letter, substantially as described.

2. A combined sending and return envelope made up fro-m a single blank adapted, by being folded upon itself twice lengthwise, to afford the side walls of two reversed parallel pockets with reversed sealing flaps projecting in opposite directions from op osite lips of the pockets, and which blank has narrow marginal portions of the width of said pockets adapted to be turned inward over the ends of the said main fol-,d of the blank and be sealed thereto to close the ends of said parallel pockets and an additional portion adapted to be folded into one of the parallel pockets, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. AV combined sending and return envesealed at the ends, a sealing flap for one of I a sealing flap for one of said pockets formedA said pockets and a flap adapted to be folded into one of said pockets When the envelope is used as a sending envelope and to form a sealing flap for the other pocket When the envelope is used as a return envelope.

4. A combined sending and return envelope made from a single blank comprising parallel pockets sealed by flaps at their ends,

in one end of the blank and a flap formed at the other end of the blank arranged to be disposed in the other of said pockets, one side ofsaid flap adapted to be used as a return message sheet and the other side of said flap adapted to be used to carry the return address and stamp.

5. A duplex envelope having parallel pockets, said envelope being formed from a single blank, a sealing flap for'one of said pockets formed at one end of the blank and a sealing flap for the other pocket formed at the .other end of the blank, said latter flap being of approximately the same Width as the envelope and adapted to serve as a return. message sheet and also to carry the return address and stamp.

6. A combined sending and return envelope comprising a sealed pocket and a parallel pocket opening at one longitudinal edge, said envelope having a flap folded into said latter pocket of substantially the same area as one side of the envelope and adapted to be drawn out and folded over the sending address side of the envelope to seal said latter pocket so Athat the same can be used for a return envelope and also t0 form a side adapted to receive the return address.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ARTHUR W. GEGGIE. lvtnesses:

JAS. F. WILLIAMSON, CLARA DEMAREST. 

